Degrees in business conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: Selected years, 1955-56 through 2005-06

Year

Bachelor's degrees

Master's degrees

Doctor's degrees

Total

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

Number

Annualpercentchange

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

1955–56

42,813

†

38,706

4,107

3,280

3,118

162

129

127

2

1957–58

51,991

†

48,063

3,928

4,223

4,072

151

110

105

5

1959–60

51,076

†

47,262

3,814

4,643

4,476

167

135

133

2

1961–62

49,017

†

45,184

3,833

7,691

7,484

207

226

221

5

1963–64

55,474

†

51,056

4,418

9,251

9,008

243

275

268

7

1965–66

62,721

†

57,516

5,205

12,959

12,628

331

387

370

17

1967–68

79,074

†

72,126

6,948

17,795

17,186

609

441

427

14

1969–70

105,580

†

96,346

9,234

21,561

20,792

769

620

610

10

1970–71

115,396

9.3

104,936

10,460

26,490

25,458

1,032

774

753

21

1971–72

121,917

5.7

110,331

11,586

30,509

29,317

1,192

876

857

19

1972–73

126,717

3.9

113,337

13,380

31,208

29,689

1,519

917

864

53

1973–74

132,304

4.4

115,363

16,941

32,691

30,557

2,134

922

873

49

1974–75

133,639

1.0

111,983

21,656

36,315

33,274

3,041

939

900

39

1975–76

143,171

7.1

114,986

28,185

42,592

37,654

4,938

906

856

50

1976–77

152,010

6.2

116,394

35,616

46,505

39,852

6,653

839

785

54

1977–78

160,775

5.8

117,103

43,672

48,347

40,224

8,123

834

760

74

1978–79

172,392

7.2

119,765

52,627

50,397

40,766

9,631

852

752

100

1979–80

186,264

8.0

123,639

62,625

55,008

42,744

12,264

767

650

117

1980–81

200,521

7.7

126,798

73,723

57,888

43,411

14,477

808

686

122

1981–82

215,190

7.3

130,693

84,497

61,251

44,230

17,021

826

676

150

1982–83

226,442

5.2

131,451

94,991

64,741

45,987

18,754

770

638

132

1983–84

229,013

1.1

129,296

99,717

66,129

46,167

19,962

926

727

199

1984–85

232,282

1.4

127,467

104,815

66,981

46,199

20,782

827

685

142

1985–86

236,700

1.9

128,415

108,285

66,676

45,927

20,749

923

720

203

1986–87

240,346

1.5

128,506

111,840

67,093

44,913

22,180

1,062

808

254

1987–88

242,859

1.0

129,467

113,392

69,230

45,980

23,250

1,063

810

253

1988–89

246,262

1.4

131,098

115,164

73,065

48,540

24,525

1,100

800

300

1989–90

248,568

0.9

132,284

116,284

76,676

50,585

26,091

1,093

818

275

1990–91

249,165

0.2

131,557

117,608

78,255

50,883

27,372

1,185

876

309

1991–92

256,298

2.9

135,263

121,035

84,517

54,609

29,908

1,242

953

289

1992–93

256,473

0.1

135,368

121,105

89,425

57,504

31,921

1,346

969

377

1993–94

246,265

-4.0

128,946

117,319

93,285

59,223

34,062

1,364

980

384

1994–95

233,895

-5.0

121,663

112,232

93,540

58,931

34,609

1,391

1,011

380

1995–96

226,623

-3.1

116,545

110,078

93,554

58,400

35,154

1,366

972

394

1996–97

225,934

-0.3

116,023

109,911

97,204

59,333

37,871

1,336

947

389

1997–98

232,079

2.7

119,379

112,700

101,652

62,357

39,295

1,290

885

405

1998–99

240,947

3.8

122,250

118,697

107,477

64,700

42,777

1,201

843

358

1999–2000

256,070

6.3

128,521

127,549

111,532

67,078

44,454

1,194

812

382

2000–01

263,515

2.9

132,275

131,240

115,602

68,471

47,131

1,180

783

397

2001–02

278,217

5.6

138,343

139,874

119,725

70,463

49,262

1,156

746

410

2002–031

293,391

5.5

145,075

148,316

127,685

75,239

52,446

1,252

820

432

2003–04

307,149

4.7

152,513

154,636

139,347

80,858

58,489

1,481

960

521

2004–05

311,574

1.4

155,940

155,634

142,617

82,151

60,466

1,498

901

597

2005–06

318,042

2.1

159,683

158,359

146,406

83,550

62,856

1,711

1,049

662

Percent change

1995–96 to 2000–01

16.3

†

13.5

19.2

23.6

17.2

34.1

-13.6

-19.4

0.8

2000–01 to 2005–06

20.7

†

20.7

20.7

26.6

22.0

33.4

45.0

34.0

66.8

† Not applicable.1 Data have been revised from previously published figures.
NOTE: Includes degrees in business, management, marketing, and related support services and in personal and culinary services.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Earned Degrees Conferred, 1955–56 through 1963–64; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, 1965–66 through 1985–86; and 1986–87 through 2005–06 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:87–99), and Fall 2000 through Fall 2006. (This table was prepared June 2007.)